Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/windos

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This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

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Etymology

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    Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *windo-, nasal infix of Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see”).[1] However, Matasovic refrains from assigning any etymology, only mentioning French vandoise (“dace, cub”), saying that it is itself probably a Gaulish borrowing.[2] Other theories relating the Celtic to Proto-Germanic *wintruz (“winter”) are not very semantically convincing.[3]

    Adjective

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    *windos

    1. white

    Inflection

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    O/ā-stem
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *windos *windou *windoi
    vocative *winde *windou *windoi
    accusative *windom *windou *windoms
    genitive *windī *windous *windom
    dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
    instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *windā *windai *windās
    vocative *windā *windai *windās
    accusative *windam *windai *windams
    genitive *windās *windous *windom
    dative *windai *windābom *windābos
    instrumental *? *windābim *windābis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *windom *windou *windā
    vocative *windom *windou *windā
    accusative *windom *windou *windā
    genitive *windī *windous *windom
    dative *windūi *windobom *windobos
    instrumental *windū *windobim *windobis
    Declension of the comparative
    masculine singular dual plural
    nominative *windyūs *? *windyoses
    vocative *windyūs *? *windyoses
    accusative *windyosam *? *windyosams
    genitive *windisos *? *windisom
    dative *windisei *? *windisbos
    instrumental *windisī *? *windisbis
    feminine singular dual plural
    nominative *windyūs *? *windyoses
    vocative *windyūs *? *windyoses
    accusative *windyosam *? *windyosams
    genitive *windisos *? *windisom
    dative *windisei *? *windisbos
    instrumental *windisī *? *windisbis
    neuter singular dual plural
    nominative *windis *? *?
    vocative *windis *? *?
    accusative *windis *? *?
    genitive *windisos *? *windisom
    dative *windisei *? *windisbos
    instrumental *windisī *? *windisbis

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Brythonic: *gwɨnn
      • Old Breton: guinn
      • Old Cornish: guyn
      • Middle Welsh: gwynn
    • Old Irish: finn, find
    • Gaulish: *windos

    See also

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    Colors in Proto-Celtic · *līwoi (layout · text)
         *bānos, *loukos, *windos      *ɸleitos, *blāros      *dubus
                 *roudos; *dergos              *dusnos              *blāwos, *melinos
                              *glastos             
                                           *gurmos
                                          

    References

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    1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
    3. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*wintru-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 588
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